Once Valefor raised his question, Thanatos imdiately shuddered and felt regretful about returning to Valefor.
Why did he co when he had already decided to avoid interacting with Valefor as much as possible?
Was there no way to avoid him?
Thanatos decided that the next ti he had an opportunity to leave, he would hide in his territory and not co out again.
"Do I still have to give you a gift, Your Excellency?" Thanatos asked carefully, hoping he wouldn't be included since Valefor had already taken his best treasure.
However, Valefor glanced at him with a sly smile, replying, "What do you think?"
"Please forgive for coming unprepared, Your Excellency," Thanatos sighed and said, "As an apology, I hope you can visit my territory to pick out sothing you like. I believe it is better than offering you sothing you may not like."
"A sound suggestion. I will do just that," Valefor calmly nodded as he ntioned, "The Sea of Darkness should have sothing interesting."
Thanatos was imdiately appalled.
The Heavenly Devil's appetite was simply too big.
The Sea of Darkness was one of Gehenna's biggest oddities, with hidden secrets in it.
Although it was not a black hole, it endlessly sucked in the dark energies of the void like a bottomless vacuum. No one knew how long it had existed or how much dark energy it had accumulated.
Even what Thanatos absorbed for his cultivation was only an infinitely small fraction of its energy bank.
Since the Heavenly Devil was interested in the Sea of Darkness, Thanatos feared it might disappear like the Sea of Eternal Purplefla.
Yet, at the sa ti, he also couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation.
After all, he was curious about its secrets.
"What about you three? Do you have sothing to offer?" Valefor turned to the other three Great Devils.
"I'm not exactly sure what the Heavenly Devil likes. Is there sothing you would like from , Your Excellency?" phistopheles asked wittily.
He didn't reveal what he had or offer Valefor a chance to browse through his collection of valuables.
As such, Valefor could only choose his gift based on what he knew phistopheles had.
Of course, phistopheles would have no choice but to show everything he owned if Valefor demanded it. But at the very least, he wasn't stupid enough to openly reveal it.
Nevertheless, phistopheles had no idea that Valefor was quite familiar with him-or rather, what he had.
Valefor had once looted everything from his corpse in the original tiline.
Alas, despite being one of the most witty Great Devils in Gehenna, phistopheles was also the most unfortunate. His territory's planetary value was poor, and he had no luck with heavenly treasures and resources.
Rank 6 was the highest quality of resources in his possession.
As such, Valefor was not interested in phistopheles's tangible values; he was only interested in his intangible values.
"There is sothing I would like from you," Valefor acknowledged before ntioning, "I heard you have the best information-gathering network in Gehenna?"
"I don't know about the best, but I do have an information-gathering network," phistopheles admitted humbly, but he felt proud in his heart. Shortly after, he asked seriously, "What do you want to find out, Your Excellency?"
"I want you to help track down a missing witch," Valefor stated with narrowed eyes.
In the original tiline, he killed phistopheles too soon.
As such, he never got the chance to make use of his ability and information-gathering network to find the witch who abused and tortured him in his childhood.
The person was never found, no matter where he looked.
It was as if the person had vanished from the face of Pangea after leaving the slum district of Blackmoon City.
Although Valefor had zero intention of forgiving the person, he did notice the person's behavior under the influence of isolation and despair was rather too abnormal and extre.
Unfortunately, he couldn't find more clues due to his vague mories.
Shortly after Valefor provided all the information he could on the missing witch, phistopheles promised, "I will mobilize all my resources to produce a result you can be satisfied with, Your Excellency."
"I'm counting on you. Since this matter is quite important to , I will compensate you for your efforts," Valefor declared.
Shortly after, he offered phistopheles another small branch from one of his three [Decamillenium-Year Blazewood Trees].
"This..."
phistopheles studied the charcoal-black branch with a startled look. After a mont, he
beca ecstatic.
"Thank you, Your Excellency!" phistopheles sincerely expressed.
A branch that could withstand the power of the [Eternal Purplefla] was undoubtedly a True Divinity-level material.
Although he couldn't use it himself, it was still a heavenly material of extre value. He could sell it off for an unimaginable amount of wealth. That would give him the capacity to buy divine treasures and resources he needed in the Skymagia Royal Capital.
Furthermore, he wouldn't have to worry about attracting the greed of others for possessing such wealth.
After all, he would have the Heavenly Devil as his backer. Gehenna's status was about to undergo an unprecedented transformation.
Who would dare to rob him in the future?
Thanatos didn't understand phistopheles's excitent at first. But after he realized his train of thought, his attitude also underwent a great change.
He originally thought he couldn't sell his [Decamillenium-Year Blazewood Branch].
However, that was not the case at all.
'Maybe it's not bad to go out from ti to ti?' Thanatos thought to himself while considering where he should sell his [Decamillenium-Year Blazewood].
Shortly after, Valefor turned to Astarte next.
However, before Astarte could say sothing, Valefor comnted, "Your Redsong
Territory's divine weapon refinent technique is not bad."
"If Your Excellency is interested in it, this Lowly One will gift it to you," Astarte humbly
promised with a wry smile.
In exchange, Valefor also gave her a [Decamillenium-Year Blazewood Branch].
As such, Astarte was moved and had no complaints.
Whether it was Thanatos, phistopheles, or Astarte, they were all satisfied with their compensation despite losing sothing.
Valefor understood the theory of the carrot and the stick.
At the sa ti, he couldn't help but feel impressed by his thoughtful and calculating
actions. They weren't things he would have done in the original tiline; all he had known
was killing and robbing.
Had he always been this smart?
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